# How do i make my yoyo less responsive?

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**Category:** Yo-Yo Mods and Maintenance\
**Created:** [April 26, 2010, 3:07am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-do-i-make-my-yoyo-less-responsive/13730 "2010-04-26T03:07:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![yoyoguy888](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/yoyoguy888/32/319_2.png) [@yoyoguy888](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/yoyoguy888)\
**Post date:** [April 26, 2010, 3:07am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-do-i-make-my-yoyo-less-responsive/13730/1 "2010-04-26T03:07:50Z")

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I have a duncan yoyo and its really responsive and it barely sleeps i tried putting vaseline on the axle and in the recesses but it didnt help much is there a diferent way i could make it less responsive with out buying thin lube???

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**Author:** ![Apetrunk](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/apetrunk/32/148_2.png) [@Apetrunk](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Apetrunk)\
**Post date:** [April 26, 2010, 3:16am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/how-do-i-make-my-yoyo-less-responsive/13730/2 "2010-04-26T03:16:51Z")

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What yoyo is it? Putting vaseline on the axle will only ever make it more responsive if it does anything.

Lube only makes things more reponsive. Thin lube just does this to a lesser degree.